Places shawtish Wants to Go

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.